House panel endorses Reforms in Social Conduct bill

Published On: March 27, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Ashok Dahal

KATHMANDU, March 27: Setting limits to ostentation during  social functions such as weddings, a parliamentary panel has endorsed the Bill Related to Reforms in Social Conduct to replace a 40-year-old law which had become irrelevant.

Embassy urges illegal workers to make use of amnesty

Published On: March 27, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 27: The Nepali embassy in Riyadh has urged Nepalis working illegally in Saudi Arabia to make use of the amnesty announced by the Saudi government, pledging to do the needful for their hassle-free home return.

Tikapur hospital upgraded

Published On: March 26, 2017 11:05 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 26: Two newly-constructed buildings -- a meternity ward and a 26-bed unit -- of Kailali-based Tikapur hospital were inaugurated on Sunday.

Nepal wants to get maximum benefit from OBOR: FM Mahat

Published On: March 26, 2017 05:40 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 26: Minister for Foreign Affairs Prakash Sharan Mahat, who accompanies Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on his official visit to China, has viewed that Nepal wants to get as much as benefits from the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative proposed by China.

Proposal of referendum on Hindu state registered in NC

Published On: March 26, 2017 04:56 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 26: A proposal of referendum on Hindu state has been registered in the central committee on Nepali Congress (NC).

No alternative to elections: Gen Secy Pokharel

Published On: March 26, 2017 02:11 PM NPT By: Republica

POKHARA, March 26: CPN (UML) General Secretary Ishwar Pokharel has said that his party will cooperate with the government to hold the local level polls in slated date, May 14.

NC forms Central Work Execution Committee

Published On: March 26, 2017 01:58 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 26: The Nepali Congress has formed its Central Work Execution Committee one year after the party's general convention.

Govt to give Rs 1 m to another SSB firing victim's family

Published On: March 26, 2017 12:07 PM NPT By: Deepak Kharel

KATHMANDU, March 26: The government is all set to provide NRs one million to the family of  Basudev shah who was shot dead by the Indian Shashastra Seema Ball(SSB) six years back.

PM Dahal in Beijing

Published On: March 25, 2017 08:31 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, March 25: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached the Chinese capital Beijing after attending the Boao Forum for Asia annual conference in Boao, Hainan province of China on Saturday. He is on a week-long official visit to China.

KATHMANDU, March 25: Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma has called upon all the youths to participate in the mega campaign of hydropower development with a vision of making the country self-sufficient.